The Worst Jobs in History Season 2 Episode 2

The Worst Royal Jobs in History

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Season 2 Episode 2

Tony Robinson examines the history of employment opportunities in the royal court, including such roles as lance-maker, laundry woman, fireworker and hall boy. He also offers an insight into one of the worst posts - purple maker - in which the worker was given the task of creating purple items by extracting the colour created when shellfish rotted in urine

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